{"product_id":"📚-the-maya-michael-d-coe-the-aztecs-cortes-and-montezuma-free-shipping","title":"📚 The Maya, Michael D. Coe; The Aztecs, Cortes and Montezuma - FREE Shipping","description":"\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-0bb22a38-7fff-3032-380f-e32f16bc080e\"\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   A superb five-book library covering the two greatest civilizations of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica — the Maya and the Aztecs — from their origins to their conquest by Spain. Together these five volumes span the full range of Mesoamerican studies: the authoritative academic standard reference on the Maya, two complementary books on Aztec civilization from different perspectives, a lavishly illustrated National Geographic volume, and the gripping narrative of the encounter between Cortés and Montezuma that ended one of history's most extraordinary empires. 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Coe (Thames \u0026amp; Hudson)\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   \"The gold standard of introductory books on the ancient Maya.\" —\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   Expedition\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   . The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World's greatest ancient civilization. In these pages Michael D. Coe distills a lifetime's scholarship for the general reader and student. Michael D. Coe (1929-2019) was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University and Curator Emeritus for the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University — one of the world's foremost authorities on Maya civilization and decipherment of Maya writing. The sixth edition of the definitive one-volume Maya reference — covering Maya origins, Classic cities, writing, religion, calendar, and eventual collapse.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Privileged-Hands-Scientific-Geerat-Vermeij\/dp\/0716731991\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n    Amazon\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wisdom-Bones-Alan-Walker\/dp\/0517331284\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n    Amazon\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/a\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   📚\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   The Aztecs\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   by Richard F. Townsend (Thames \u0026amp; Hudson)\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   A comprehensive, richly illustrated scholarly overview of Aztec civilization — its origins, expansion, religion, art, architecture, and eventual destruction at the hands of Hernán Cortés. Written by Richard F. Townsend, curator of African and Amerindian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, this authoritative Thames \u0026amp; Hudson volume covers the full sweep of Aztec culture from the founding of Tenochtitlan to the Spanish Conquest, with particular depth on Aztec cosmology, ritual, and the Templo Mayor.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   📚\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   The Mighty Aztecs\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   by Gene S. Stuart, photographed by Mark Godfrey (National Geographic Society)\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   A spectacular large-format, lavishly illustrated National Geographic Society publication — bringing the Aztec world to life through stunning photography of artifacts, codices, archaeological sites, and surviving Aztec art. The perfect visual companion to the more scholarly volumes in this lot.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   📚\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   Cortés and Montezuma: History's Greatest Tale of Adventure and Conquest\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   by Maurice Collis (Avon Books)\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   The riveting narrative account of the clash between two worlds — Hernán Cortés's audacious campaign of conquest and Montezuma's tragic attempt to comprehend the arrival of the Spanish as fulfillment of Aztec prophecy. Called \"striking, dramatic — the tragic story in a new light, with all the pathos and anguish of the inward struggle\" by\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   The New York Times\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   . One of the most gripping narratives of the Conquest ever written for a general audience.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   📚\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   The Aztecs: Rise and Fall of an Empire\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   A richly illustrated overview of the Aztec Empire from its humble origins as a wandering tribe to the construction of the greatest city in the New World and its ultimate destruction by Spanish forces — a sweeping narrative history of one of history's most dramatic rises and falls.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n","brand":"Book Lots","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48581351244008,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/2062\/1032\/files\/10_34e09690-54d2-4a5d-be9e-584400564d62.png?v=1779474044","url":"https:\/\/www.book-lots.com\/products\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-maya-michael-d-coe-the-aztecs-cortes-and-montezuma-free-shipping","provider":"Book Lots","version":"1.0","type":"link"}